Lot 261
261
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT SATINWOOD PIER TABLES AND GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE LORD FARNHAM (LOTS 261-262)
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT SATINWOOD PIER TABLES AND GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT SATINWOOD PIER TABLES AND GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES
Second quarter 19th century
The pier tables: Each with canted rectangular white marble top with outset rear corners, above an acanthus-carved cornice and a frieze mounted with porcelain plaques decorated with sprays and garlands of flowers, on ring-turned and stiff-leaf carved columns and a mirrored back panel, on a plinth base, the reverse of one with pencil inscription 'JP', two inscribed 'A' and 'B';
The pier glasses: Each with a rectangular mirror plate in a reeded frame, the mirror plates replaced, the top moulding of the mirror replaced and possibly reduced in height
The tables 36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep;
The mirrors 85 x 43½ in. (216 x 110 cm.) (4)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham K.P. (d.1868), for Farnham Castle, Co. Cavan, and by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

These tables and the following lot were supplied to Farnham Castle, Co. Cavan, probably as part of the rearranging and refurnishing of the house that took place in the late 1830s. It is possible that they were supplied slightly earlier when the 4th Baron (and last Earl of) Farnham employed Francis Johnson to alter the house built by James Wyatt in the 1780s.
An etagère of very similar design, and almost certainly by the same maker, was offered anonymously, Sotheby's London, 1 March 1991, lot 41.

More from The Library at Gaiter's Green and Fine English Furniture

View All
View All